Specific Learning Disability – Decoding
Reading Difficulties
On average, students with a prior SLD diagnosis who received Seeing Stars instruction achieved significant improvements in reading. They made large (statistically significant) standard score changes on seven of eight measures. Vocabulary was not a targeted measure of instruction. Additionally, the 16-point percentile increase in Word Recognition and the 18-point increase in Written Language Comprehension puts these students within the normal range (25th–75th percentile). Their pre- to posttest results were statistically significant on all measures.
Students with a Prior SLD Diagnosis Who Received Decoding Instruction Only
Lindamood-Bell Instruction Implemented: Seeing Stars
Years: Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2024
Number of Students: 1,427
Average Age: 10.6
Average Instruction Hours: 132.6

